Wireless communication device, program, wireless communication method, and wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is a first wireless communication device in a communication group, wherein the communication group includes the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication device, the first wireless communication device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to;
receive information identifying the second wireless communication device; and
receive a disclosure signal transmitted from the second wireless communication device;
a storage unit configured to store the information identifying the second wireless communication device; and
a control unit configured to;
initiate an information disclosure period in response to receiving an indication of a user operation on the second wireless communication device, wherein the disclosure signal received by the communication unit includes the indication of the user operation;
receive a request from a third wireless communication device that is not part of the communication group;
determine whether the information disclosure period has ended;
disclose the information identifying the second wireless communication device to the third wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the determination of whether the information disclosure period has ended; and
terminate the information disclosure period when a connection process between said second wireless communication device and said third wireless communication device reaches a predetermined stage.
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Abstract
Provided is a wireless communication device including a communication unit, a storage unit that stores information of one wireless communication device forming a same communication group as the wireless communication device, received by the communication unit, and a control unit that discloses the information of the one wireless communication device during an information disclosure period initiated based on user operation for connecting the one wireless communication device forming the communication group and another wireless communication device and does not disclose the information of the one wireless communication device during another period.
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9 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is a first wireless communication device in a communication group, wherein the communication group includes the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication device, the first wireless communication device comprising:
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a communication unit configured to; receive information identifying the second wireless communication device; and receive a disclosure signal transmitted from the second wireless communication device; a storage unit configured to store the information identifying the second wireless communication device; and a control unit configured to; initiate an information disclosure period in response to receiving an indication of a user operation on the second wireless communication device, wherein the disclosure signal received by the communication unit includes the indication of the user operation; receive a request from a third wireless communication device that is not part of the communication group; determine whether the information disclosure period has ended; disclose the information identifying the second wireless communication device to the third wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the determination of whether the information disclosure period has ended; and terminate the information disclosure period when a connection process between said second wireless communication device and said third wireless communication device reaches a predetermined stage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory storage medium configured to store a computer program that, when executed by a computer incorporated as a portion of a wireless communication device included as a first wireless communication device in a communication group including the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication device, performs a method comprising:
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storing information identifying the second wireless communication device; receiving a disclosure signal transmitted from said second wireless communication device; initiating an information disclosure period in response to receiving an indication of a user operation on the second wireless communication device, wherein the received disclosure signal includes the indication of the user operation; determining, after receiving a connection request from a third wireless communication device that is not part of the communication group, whether the information disclosure period has ended; disclosing the information identifying the second wireless communication device to the third wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the determination of whether the information disclosure period has ended; and terminating the information disclosure period when a connection process between said second wireless communication device and said third wireless communication device reaches a predetermined stage.
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8. A wireless communication method comprising steps of
receiving, by a first wireless communication device in a communication group, wherein the communication group includes the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication device, information identifying the second wireless communication device; -
storing the information identifying the second wireless communication device on a storage medium; initiating an information disclosure period in response to receiving an indication of a user operation on the second wireless communication device, wherein a disclosure signal transmitted from said second wireless communication device includes the indication of the user operation; receiving a connection request from a third wireless communication device that is not part of the communication group; determining whether the information disclosure period has ended; disclosing the information identifying the second wireless communication device to the third wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the determination of whether the information disclosure period has ended; and terminating the information disclosure period, when a connection process between said second wireless communication device and said third wireless communication device reaches a predetermined stage.
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9. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a first wireless communication device; and a second wireless communication device forming a same communication group as the first wireless communication device, wherein the first wireless communication device is configured to transmit a signal to the second wireless communication device upon detecting a user operation for making a connection to a third wireless communication device that is not part of the communication group, and wherein the second wireless communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive a disclosure signal transmitted from said first wireless communication device, a storage unit configured to store information identifying the first wireless communication device, and a control unit configured to; initiate an information disclosure period in response to receiving an indication of a user operation on the first wireless communication device, wherein the disclosure signal received by the communication unit includes the indication of the user operation; determine whether the information disclosure period has ended; disclose to the third wireless communication device, the information identifying the first wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the determination of whether the information disclosure period has ended; and terminate the information disclosure period, when a connection process between said first wireless communication device and said third wireless communication device reaches a predetermined stage.
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